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Tony Eury Jr will leave Dale Earnhardt Inc after the Talladega race October 7. Eury Jr will take four members of the #8 team will him when he leaves, although ESPN reports only one member of the team has expressed any interest to DEI.
Tony Gibson will crew chief the remainder of the year. He replaced Eury Jr in the 6 race suspension earlier this year.
Also, new Dale Jr gear is selling very well, about 200,000 t-shirts alone. AMP Energy reports Walmart and Kmart sold 160,000 t-shirts very quickly. Other outlets such as QVC and JRNation had pre-orders of t-shirts and the diecasts cars. Diecasts from QVC are available for shipment around February, 2008. T-shirts will be available by QVC in November.
